Two Long Beach teams went head-to-head to open the 2023-24 boys’ basketball season with St. Anthony and Long Beach Poly squaring off at Westchester. For more coverage of all Long Beach sports, head to www.The562.org. We are a non-profit, community-funded media outlet in the City of Long Beach, covering primarily sports and education.
Tyler Hendrickson was born and raised in Long Beach, and started covering sports in his hometown in 2010. After five years as a sportswriter, Tyler joined the athletic department at Long Beach State University in 2015. He spent more than four years in the athletic communications department, working primarily with the Dirtbags baseball program. Tyler also co-authored of The History of Long Beach Poly: Scholars & Champions.
Two years ago, Lakewood girls’ volleyball coach Mike Wadley put a nail in his wall. There wasn’t anything to hang on it yet, but he knew there would be. “We were good enough to be a league champion in 2019 and we didn’t get it done, then we didn’t get to play last year,” he […]
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